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The World Yearbook of Education was first published by the Evans Brothers in 1965 in association with the University of London Institute of Education and Teachers College, Columbia University. Since then it has become established as one of the most important forums for work in comparative education in the world. Each volume addresses a major issue in comparative education and includes contributions from a range of leading international scholars. Subjects covered include: The impact of IT on education
Gender, race and class in education
Higher education
Special educational needs and inclusive education
Educational management
List of contents
Part 1 : Issues and problems 1. Thinking, learning and educating: the role of the computer 2. Teachers' unions and the impact of computer-based technologies 3. The evaluation of computer-assisted learning 4. Education and miseducation by computer 5. Computers and education: a solution in search of a problem? Part 2 : Computers in action 6. Towards a pupil-centred classroom 7. The microcomputer and the teacher's needs 8. Computer roles in the management of learning 9. The computer as a medium for distance education 10. An example of a software library and its dissemination 11. Computers and the handling of information Part 3 : National case studies 12. The '10,000 microcomputers plan' in France 13. The Microelectronics Education Programme in the United Kingdom 14. Developments in South Africa 15. Educational computing in the Province of Quebec 16. Software and geography teaching in New Zealand Part 4 : Computers and the curriculum 17. Computers and teacher education 18. Computer studies and computer education 19. The promise of microcomputers in developing basic skills 20. The student experience of computer-assisted learning 21. Computer-based approaches to overcoming language handicap 22. The BBC initiative in computer literacy for adults Part 5 : Bibliography and biographical notes Part 6 : Glossary
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Jacquetta Megarry, David R. F. Walker, Stanley Nisbet, Eric Hoyle
